Mon.Feb 26, 2018

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Which Comes First – Inspiration or Initiative?

Lead Change Blog

Do you start moving when you get inspired, or do you get inspired because you started moving? For me, the answer would have to be, “Yes!”. Is Inspiration Necessary? Why move if we’re not inspired? Let’s do whatever it is with our best energy and our best effort. Let’s adopt an ownership mindset and never give up. If we wait until we’re inspired, we save ourselves a lot of energy.

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Talent Magnet: How to Get and Keep Top Talent

Leading Blog

I S YOUR ORGANIZATION a Talent Magnet ? An organization so attractive that top talent will be standing in line to work there? Too many organizations find themselves in the positon of not being able to find enough qualified people to meet their growth goals. To answer the question, what attracts top talent, author and Vice President of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A, Inc.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Netflix’s Bright

Joseph Lalonde

In the 2018 Netflix original movie Bright, a human cop is forced to partner with an Orc. The cop is Daryl Ward (Will Smith) and the Orc is Nick Jakoby (Joel Edgerton). Tension is high between the various races of Orcs, Elves, and Humans. Being paired up with an Orc meant Daryl Ward was in for a world of trouble. Bright begins with Daryl being shot during an armed robbery.

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5 Ways to Cheer Up When You Feel Blue

Leadership Freak

Anyone who never feels blue needs to get in touch with reality. You feel blue when: Responsibilities weigh on you. This type of sadness often reflects loneliness.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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3 Advanced Listening Skills

leaderCommunicator

Never underestimate the power of listening - really listening. Think you're good at it? Like all skills, there are multiple levels of mastery. How do you know you're a pro at listening? Check first to see whether you're good at the basics. Growing up, I learned the catch-phrase, "Stop. Look. Listen." to keep me safe when I needed to cross a railroad track.

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Coaching By the Alphabet

Kevin Eikenberry

Coaching is a complex and important topic, which is one reason I am always thinking about ways to talk about important coaching concepts in an easy and memorable way. My goal is not to “dumb down” the ideas, but to cut to the core of the issue and provide greater clarity and insight. Today, I […]. The post Coaching By the Alphabet appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Top Ways to Retain Employees

Strategy Driven

Whether you’re the manager of your department or the CEO of a company, it’s so important to make sure you retain the attention and engagement of your employees. When your employees go through the hiring process, they’ve proven themselves to be the best men and women for the jobs your company offers. In order for the company to do well, there needs to be a level of continuity and consistency in the workflow.

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Six Things To Do Before Making Your Next Presentation

Eric Jacobson

Author John Baldoni suggests you consider the following six things before making your next presentation : How will you open your presentation on a high note? Where might you pause for emphasis? How can you make time to rehearse your presentation? What are the high notes? What are your points of emphasis? What points might you emphasize with a pause?

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How are leadership development programs contributing to a more balanced society?

Coaching Ourselves

The chief executives of some of the world’s largest public companies have recently received a letter from Laurence Fink, chief executive of Black Rock. In this letter, he tells companies that “they need to do more than make profits – they need to contribute to society as well if they want to receive the support of Black Rock”. Why does this matter?

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Plan a Better Meeting with Design Thinking

Harvard Business Review

Daniel Day/Getty Images. “Sometimes, when I sit in meetings, especially ones in which people don’t seem engaged, I calculate the cost in staff time. I’ve estimated that one standard weekly meeting in my bureau—50 people sitting in a cookie-cutter conference room, looking both bored and anxious—costs around $177,000 annually, and surely this scenario occurs throughout the [organization] hundreds of times a day.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Five Tips to Recruit and Manage a Global Project Team

Strategy Driven

To compete in global markets, you need global talent. The demands of a customer in China diverge widely from those of a customer in Canada. In this increasingly connected world, you can’t limit your recruitment to local markets. How exactly can you adopt a global recruitment strategy? Once recruited, how do you effectively manage an international team?

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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business Review

steven moore for hbr. On February 13, 2018, the New York Times reported that Uber is planning an IPO. Uber’s value is estimated between $48 and $70 billion, despite reporting losses over the last two years. Twitter reported a loss of $79 million before its IPO, yet it commanded a valuation of $24 billion on its IPO date in 2013. For the next four years, it continued to report losses.

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Being a Two-Career Couple Requires a Long-Term Plan

Harvard Business Review

Andrea Lardani/EyeEm/Getty Images. “We learned to take the long view, mostly because we didn’t have any other choice,” says Kate, now in her sixties and busy investing in the next generation of entrepreneurs. “Both sticking to our full-time corporate jobs or one of us becoming a full-time parent weren’t attractive options to us.

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How CEOs Without College Degrees Got to the Top

Harvard Business Review

John Kuczala/Getty Images. Employers are continually upping the ante on academic credentials. Nearly a third of jobs that once required only a high-school diploma now demand a four-year college degree, while one in four jobs that used to require a bachelor’s degree now require a master’s degree. Meanwhile, 75% of Americans believe that higher education is unaffordable and out of reach.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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How Japan Is Creating New Opportunities in the Field of Regenerative Medicine - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN

Harvard Business Review

As biotech companies race toward the opportunities in Japan, no life sciences sector has received more attention, government support, and regulatory reform than the important field of regenerative medicine. Regeneratives are pharmaceutical cell therapy products that replace or restore cells and tissues lost to disease or aging. Some regenerative medicines stimulate our bodies to regrow or repair, so the field can include the use of stem cells for tissue engineering.